Recaps

Luffy fought S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi at the New Marines' treasury entrance, using his awakened Nika powers and accelerated regeneration to withstand the Seraphim’s overwhelming swordsmanship. The battle became a contest of endurance, and S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi finally reached his limit and stopped fighting.

• Dr. Vegapunk’s modifications had given S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi six arms and increased his strength, but his artificial body still had limits.
• Luffy recovered, gained combat memories, and used white flames to conjure arms that blocked S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s blades.
• S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi overwhelmed Luffy with relentless attacks, while Luffy’s white flames healed his wounds at the cost of his stamina.
• Luffy realized S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi was also under severe strain and focused on surviving until the Seraphim wore down.
• S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s attacks weakened until he froze, enveloped in steam, and lost the strength to continue fighting.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Seraphim and Abel, then prepared to take a rubbing of the Road Poneglyph before reinforcements arrived. Kuma appeared and revealed that he believed Luffy was Joy Boy; after removing Luffy’s exhaustion, he left the group unsure what would happen next.

• S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Seraphim stopped fighting, and Luffy’s companions realized the Straw Hat Pirates had won.
• Luffy hurled his White Flame Spear through Abel’s weakened slash and blasted him into the treasury.
• Luffy collapsed from exhaustion after leaving his Nika state, then asked Carrot to watch over their unconscious companions while he and the others prepared to enter the treasury.
• Kuma appeared behind Luffy and his companions, blocked their attacks, and asked them to stop because he had no intention of fighting.
• Kuma used a paw-shaped sphere to remove Luffy’s exhaustion, pain, and hunger, and Luffy’s expression eased when he sensed Kuma meant no harm.

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the defenders and entered the treasure vault to copy the Road Poneglyph, while Dragon and Mihawk continued battling above Cake Island. With the New Marines’ defenses breached, Issho ordered the Tech Sea Beast Unit to seal off the island.

• Kuma let Luffy pass toward the treasure vault, told him Sanji would arrive soon, and asked how the Straw Hats planned to leave Cake Island.
• Sanji reached Carrot and the unconscious Straw Hats, learned that Luffy’s group had gone to copy the Road Poneglyph, and stayed with Carrot.
• Issho helped Mihawk fight Dragon by lifting wreckage and land into the air as platforms, and Dragon sensed that Luffy had won his battle below.
• Communications officers told Issho that S-Mihawk, S-Tsugikuni Yoriichi, and Abel had been defeated and that the Straw Hat Pirates had entered the treasure vault.
• Issho ordered Dr. Vegapunk’s Tech Sea Beast Unit to seal off Cake Island and considered the Straw Hats’ reunion with Dragon a chance for the New Marines to strike.

Issho confronted Kuma after surveillance footage showed him aiding the Straw Hat Pirates, but Kuma chose to help them escape rather than obey the order to capture them. Kuma sent Luffy, Koby, Brook, and the others away through the ceiling, then faced Zoro and the arriving Marines without resisting.

• Issho watched footage of Kuma standing by while Luffy and Koby made rubbings of the Road Poneglyphs, and he ordered Baccarat to contact Kuma.
• Issho told Kuma to take down the Straw Hat Pirates, but Kuma apologized and remained silent.
• Sanji thanked Kuma, who explained that he had chosen to help them and hoped Joy Boy and his companions would become warriors of liberation.
• Kuma blasted a hole through the ceiling and used his powers to make the Straw Hat Pirates disappear, leaving the corridor empty except for him.
• Zoro arrived with a Marine squad and ordered Kuma to surrender, but Kuma refused to fight.

After Dragon and the Straw Hat Pirates escaped Cake Island, Issho reported Kuma’s betrayal to Tsugikuni Yoriichi, who learned Kuma had acted because he believed Luffy was Joy Boy. Yoriichi removed Kuma from his New Marines positions but allowed him to live with Ginny and kept his daughter enrolled at the Marine Academy.

• Mihawk reflected on his battle with Dragon before Kuina summoned him back to the New Marine base.
• Issho called Tsugikuni Yoriichi and reported the attack on Cake Island and Kuma’s role in helping the Straw Hat Pirates escape.
• Yoriichi considered the growing conflict between his goals and Dragon’s, then learned Kuma had freed Luffy because he believed Luffy was Joy Boy.
• Yoriichi stripped Kuma of his New Marines rank, merits, and privileges, but let him live with Ginny and kept his daughter at the Marine Academy.

After Dragon attacked Cake Island, the New Marines used the press to shape public opinion and strengthen their political position while Tsugikuni Yoriichi continued consolidating Marine authority. He told captured commanders Mori and Crow about Dragon’s actions, hoping their disillusionment would make them abandon the Revolutionary Army.

• Issho used Morgans’ newspapers to publicize Dragon’s attack, portray the New Marines as victims, and brand the Straw Hat Pirates the Fifth Emperor while revealing they held two Road Poneglyphs.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi judged that the Straw Hat Pirates posed little immediate threat and focused instead on Dragon’s Revolutionary Army and expanding Marine control over the World Conference.
• Sakazuki safely brought the captured Revolutionary Army commanders Mori and Crow to Marine Headquarters, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi told them Dragon had attacked Cake Island to help his pirate son.
• Yoriichi’s account and the newspaper reports made Mori and Crow question whether Dragon valued the Revolutionary Army or its comrades, weakening their loyalty in prison.
• Yoriichi watched Mori and Crow’s reactions with Kizaru and Akainu and said their shattered faith might lead them to seize a chance to live.

On the eve of the Revolutionary Army commander’s public execution, King Qiaoqiao challenged Marine Headquarters over its modest accommodations, but Brannew deflected the complaint without giving in. Elizabe II warned the rulers that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had invited them for more than the execution, while Yoriichi offered Crow and Mori a chance to work with him and claimed he had dealt with the Celestial Dragons.

• King Qiaoqiao complained about the rulers’ barracks, and other kings gathered to watch and voice suspicions about the Marines’ expanding power.
• Brannew defended Marine Headquarters’ accommodations and its spending, then left without granting King Qiaoqiao’s request for a better room.
• Elizabe II told King Qiaoqiao that the Marines were showing force and that Tsugikuni Yoriichi likely had designs on the rulers, prompting them to leave and consider his warning.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi visited Crow and Mori in their cells and offered them the chance to work with him instead of being executed.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi said he had dealt with the Celestial Dragons, and Crow and Mori reacted with shock and excitement.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi revealed to Crow and Mori that he had destroyed Mary Geoise and offered them a chance to bring the Revolutionary Army under Marine protection. Crow and Mori accepted the possibility of leading their organization back onto what they considered the right path.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi told Crow and Mori that he had destroyed Mary Geoise and killed the Celestial Dragons and Gorosei.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi warned that he would destroy the Revolutionary Army if it obstructed his plans, but offered to take in its idealistic members if its commanders removed those driven by selfish desires.
• Crow and Mori reconsidered their trust in Dragon and recognized that Yoriichi's offer could protect their comrades and give them a future.
• Crow said he wanted the chance to lead the Revolutionary Army back onto the right path, and Mori agreed.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi approved their decision and left the prison.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi staged Crow and Mori’s escape during their public execution, but struck them down as they fled Marineford. Their fate remained uncertain as they fell toward the sea.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi kept Crow and Mori imprisoned until the public execution, intending to make their supposed loyalty to the Marines convincing.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the Admirals appeared before the assembled royals, reporters, and Marines, and Sakazuki delivered a speech condemning Crow and Mori.
• Mori shattered the execution platform, while Crow’s crows attacked the royals and the Marines moved to protect them.
• Crow and Mori escaped their restraints and fled toward the harbor, using their abilities to evade the Marines.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi drew his sword and slashed Crow and Mori in midair, sending their bleeding bodies toward the sea.

After Crow and Mori escaped their execution, Tsugikuni Yoriichi struck them down while the Marines escorted the shaken royals away. At the afternoon World Conference, Borsalino argued that unbearable living conditions created pirates, making the royals realize the Marines were challenging their rule.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi ordered Sakazuki to retrieve the prisoners and Borsalino to escort the royal families, while Crow and Mori were secretly rescued by a submarine.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi planned to publicize the royals’ panicked behavior to weaken ordinary people’s awe of the nobility, and Brannew handled reporters’ questions.
• Ivankov watched the broadcast of Crow and Mori being struck down and broke into tears, while Revolutionary Army members grew more dissatisfied with Dragon’s absence.
• Brannew opened the World Conference, where Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Borsalino, and Sakazuki represented Marine Headquarters.
• Borsalino said that cruel, unbearable lives gave rise to pirates, and Elizabe II realized the Marines were coming for the royal families.

At the World Conference, Borsalino announced that the Marines planned to establish an Internal Affairs Department to combat crimes of power and address the causes of piracy. The rulers furiously opposed the plan, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi silenced them and declared it was a notification, not a request for their opinions.

• Elizabe II accused Borsalino of blaming member nations for rampant piracy, while Scarlet defended the Marines and asked whether they sought the nations’ cooperation.
• Borsalino explained that poverty and exploitation drove people to become pirates, and proposed an Internal Affairs Department to combat abuses of power across the world.
• The rulers rejected the proposal, fearing the Marines would gain authority to interfere in their countries and punish nobles.
• Sakazuki defended the Marines’ plan and argued that wise rulers and prosperous kingdoms would leave fewer people turning to piracy, but the rulers shouted him down.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi used his Haki to silence the hall, then told the rulers that Borsalino’s announcement was a notification rather than a request for their opinions.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi tried to persuade the affiliated nations’ rulers to support the Marines’ Internal Affairs Department by revealing that Joy Boy had destroyed Mary Geoise and attacked Cake Island alongside the Revolutionary Army. He ended by asking the rulers whether they supported or opposed the department, which was intended to limit Joy Boy’s potential allies.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi demanded that the monarchs accept the Internal Affairs Department, then explained that it would help govern their nations and fight a common enemy.
• Elizabe II asked what enemy required such a response, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi instructed Brannew to present confidential evidence.
• Brannew showed footage of Mary Geoise in ruins, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi identified Joy Boy as its likely destroyer.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi revealed that Joy Boy had attacked Cake Island with Dragon and the Revolutionary Army, while footage showed Luffy taking a rubbing of a Road Poneglyph.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi warned that Joy Boy might restore his nation, rally allies, and threaten the affiliated kingdoms, then asked the monarchs whether they supported the Internal Affairs Department.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi won the monarchs’ support for a Marine Internal Affairs Department by presenting Joy Boy, the Straw Hat Pirates, and Dragon as threats to the world’s rulers. As the Straw Hats struggled to evade bounty hunters and Dragon returned to find the Revolutionary Army divided, Marine Headquarters announced a World Military Draft to suppress them.

• Elizabe II supported Yoriichi’s plan, and all but three of the monarchs present backed the Internal Affairs Department after learning about the Straw Hat Pirates, Dragon, and Joy Boy.
• The Marines established the Internal Affairs Department under Sakazuki, assigned Ace and Sabo to train under him, and raised Luffy’s bounty to four billion and Dragon’s to five billion.
• Kuma reunited the Straw Hat Pirates on Hazel Island, and they escaped Whole Cake Island before eventually reaching Dressrosa while fleeing crews seeking their Road Poneglyph.
• Dragon returned to Revolutionary Army headquarters and found Crow and Mori back but badly injured; persuaded by them, Ivankov planned to form a separate faction with their forces.
• Dragon learned that commanders of three armies had left the Revolutionary Army, while Marine Headquarters announced a World Military Draft to suppress the Revolutionary Army and the Straw Hat Pirates.

Dragon returned to find the Revolutionary Army fractured after Ivankov, Crow, Mori, and their followers left over his decision to help Luffy instead of the Army. As the Marines prepared a worldwide draft and Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s plans weakened the revolutionaries, the Straw Hat Pirates unexpectedly grew into a fleet of more than ten thousand.

• Dragon learned from Belo Betty that Ivankov, Crow, and Mori had lost faith in him and moved with their followers to Kamabakka Kingdom.
• Belo Betty resigned from the Revolutionary Army, and Dragon chose not to pursue his former companions.
• The Marines exploited the Revolutionary Army’s declining morale by announcing a major conscription drive, drawing its members toward Marine service.
• Dragon realized that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had likely arranged for Crow and Mori to be released, but the Revolutionary Army’s collapse was already underway.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi prepared the Marines to investigate unlawful activity while planning the worldwide draft and a crackdown on local elites.
• The Straw Hat Pirates recruited more than thirty crews, including the Giant Soldier Pirates and Whitebeard remnants from Wano Country, forming a fleet of over ten thousand.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi concluded that the Straw Hat Grand Fleet had grown too powerful to ignore and decided the Marines had to strike before Luffy became Pirate King. He told Sengoku and Borsalino he would personally lead the attack, leaving Sengoku to oversee Headquarters.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi assessed the Straw Hat Grand Fleet's growing strength, including the Whitebeard Pirates' remnants, Elbaf's Giant Soldier Pirates, and the Iron Wall Pirates led by Ben Beckman.
• Whole Cake Island reported that Kozuki Oden had eaten the reappeared Tremor-Tremor Fruit, further increasing the Straw Hat Grand Fleet's power.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi decided to eliminate the Straw Hat Pirates and their affiliated forces before their growing strength threatened the Marines.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi summoned Sengoku and Borsalino and announced that he would personally lead the strike against the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Sengoku questioned Yoriichi's decision but ultimately accepted it, recognizing that he could not change Yoriichi's mind.

The Straw Hat Pirates settled in Water Seven while Luffy prepared for Rayleigh’s final trial, revealing that his dream was to make sure everyone in the world had enough to eat. A New Marines surveillance ship reported the conversation, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi raced toward Water Seven, dismissing Luffy’s dream as ridiculous.

• Sengoku reflected on how his leniency toward Luffy had allowed him to grow into a reckless pirate, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi resolved that such unchecked freedom could not be allowed to shape the world.
• The Straw Hat Pirates obtained the final Road Poneglyph, and Rayleigh offered Luffy a last trial on Water Seven before he would reveal the way to Final Island.
• Luffy and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet settled in Water Seven, where Luffy rested and prepared for Rayleigh’s trial while deepening his understanding of his Devil Fruit.
• On the eve of the trial, Sanji asked Luffy what he would do after finding the Great Treasure, and Luffy revealed that he wanted everyone in the world to have enough to eat.
• A New Marines surveillance ship recorded Luffy’s conversation and sent it to headquarters, while Tsugikuni Yoriichi sped toward Water Seven and mocked Luffy’s dream.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi set out for Water Seven while the Straw Hat Pirates learned how to reach Laugh Tale and prepared their fleet for the journey. As Luffy and his allies celebrated by the sea, a meteor struck near the pirates’ banquet, and a red-haired youth emerged from the flames to confront the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi traveled toward Water Seven as New Marines surveillance reported that Luffy’s allies had gathered there and that Luffy had passed Rayleigh’s trial.
• Kozuki Oden marked Laugh Tale’s location on a sea chart and explained that the island emerged above sea level in November, while Rayleigh described its gateway and Joy Boy’s history.
• Rayleigh advised the pirates to use the nearly half-month wait to repair their ships and gather supplies, and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet prepared for the voyage.
• The Straw Hat crew and their allies held a banquet aboard the Thousand Sunny while the grand fleet held a separate celebration on shore.
• A meteor streaked toward Water Seven and crashed near the shore banquet, engulfing nearby pirates in golden flames.
• A red-haired youth emerged from the smoke and asked the assembled pirates if they were the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi arrived at Water Seven, rescued captured civilians, and slaughtered thousands of pirates from the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, citing his duty as a Marine. Luffy attacked him, but Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden deflected Yoriichi’s slash, and Yoriichi told the gathered pirates he intended to clear away “trash.”

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi landed on Water Seven and killed a pirate who tried to stop him from approaching the captured youths.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi learned the youths had been abducted from town and used his golden flames to carry them back safely.
• Harta identified himself as a commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi challenged the crew for abandoning their agreement and leaving Wano Country.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi declared that purging pirates was the Marines’ duty and killed thousands of pirates with a series of powerful slashes.
• Luffy rushed at Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden deflected Yoriichi’s slash while Yoriichi blocked Luffy’s punch with one hand.
• Rayleigh asked why Tsugikuni Yoriichi had come to Water Seven, and Yoriichi said he intended to clear away the trash.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi confronted Luffy and his allies after slaughtering the pirates gathered on the beach, questioning whether Luffy’s freedom and choices were truly his own or dictated by Joy Boy’s fate and the Nika Fruit. Luffy attacked in Nika form, but Yoriichi easily deflected him and drove back Oden, then sank the Moby Dick with a slash.

• Rayleigh questioned Yoriichi’s excessive slaughter, but Yoriichi dismissed the dead pirates as trash and revealed that Luffy had become his target.
• Rayleigh tried to negotiate and protect Luffy, but Yoriichi pointed his blade at Luffy and questioned why he wanted to become Pirate King.
• Yoriichi challenged Luffy’s freedom by asking whether Joy Boy’s fate and the Nika Fruit controlled his choices, including the formation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
• Luffy ignored Rayleigh’s warning, transformed into Nika form, and attacked Yoriichi with Star Gun, but Yoriichi redirected the punch into the ground.
• Rayleigh urged Luffy to flee as Oden and Beckman attacked Yoriichi; Yoriichi deflected Beckman’s bullets and overpowered Oden’s assault.
• Oden unleashed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power, but Yoriichi’s slash cut through the vibrations, struck the Moby Dick, and sank the ship.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi overwhelmed Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden, then used his Transparent World to find and kill the hidden Ben Beckman. He left Sanji and the others unharmed, while Brook collapsed under the pressure of his Haki.

• Rayleigh interrupted Tsugikuni Yoriichi's attack on Kozuki Oden, and Beckman forced Yoriichi to defend against a bullet.
• Rayleigh and Oden attacked together, but Tsugikuni Yoriichi stopped retreating and quickly drove them back with stronger Haki and swordsmanship.
• Luffy joined the battle as Rayleigh and Oden retreated from Yoriichi's painful golden-flame wounds.
• Yoriichi vanished amid Luffy's attack, then appeared behind Sanji and pierced the hidden Beckman's heart.
• Yoriichi told Sanji and the others they were not worth drawing his sword for and vanished, while Brook collapsed beneath the force of his Haki.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi overwhelmed Luffy, Rayleigh, and Kozuki Oden, killing Luffy after severing both his arms. The chapter left Rayleigh and Oden engulfed by Yoriichi’s rain of golden fire.

• Luffy mourned Beckman’s death and attacked Tsugikuni Yoriichi, but Yoriichi’s blade cut him despite his Nika Fruit regeneration.
• Luffy tried to evade Yoriichi with the Star Gun, but Yoriichi severed his right arm and then cut off his left as Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden rushed to help.
• Rayleigh and Oden blocked Yoriichi from pursuing Luffy, so Yoriichi engulfed them in Golden Flames and scattered their counterattack into burning arrows.
• Yoriichi transformed into a Golden Phoenix, struck Luffy in the chest, and cut him in two, killing him.
• Yoriichi’s fiery arrows fell on Rayleigh and Oden, while he stood over Luffy’s body amid the explosions.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Luffy, Rayleigh, and Kozuki Oden, but Luffy’s body revived under the white flames of the Nika Fruit as Joy Boy took control. Joy Boy attacked Sanji, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi rescued him before confronting Joy Boy as a threat.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi’s Golden Flames killed Rayleigh and Kozuki Oden and erased the remaining pirates, leaving Luffy’s corpse on the shore.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi tried to pierce Luffy’s heart, but white flames blocked his sword and rejoined and healed Luffy’s body.
• Luffy revived with overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi recognized the voice and named him Joy Boy.
• Joy Boy said he had taken control of Luffy’s body and formed a white flaming spear to kill Sanji.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi deflected Joy Boy’s spear, hurled Sanji out of the battlefield, and called Joy Boy a loser.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi fought Joy Boy, whose overwhelming Haki and strange resilience made him a formidable opponent. After discovering Joy Boy’s power grew when he laughed, Yoriichi struck down the heart sustaining him, leaving Joy Boy’s fate unresolved.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi dismissed Joy Boy as a failure, and Joy Boy attacked him with a spear and flame shield.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi countered Joy Boy’s weapons with precise technique and targeted his heart, suspecting it was tied to the Drum of Liberation.
• Joy Boy’s spear pierced Yoriichi’s Golden Flame form, but Yoriichi wounded Joy Boy and attacked him with returning flames.
• Joy Boy laughed to rapidly gather Haki, but Yoriichi’s flames interrupted his laughter and let a slash tear through his shield and arms.
• Joy Boy tried to bargain for his life by offering treasure and power, then demanded that Nami and the others laugh to keep him alive.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi transformed into a streak of light and cut through Joy Boy’s heart.

Tsugikuni Yoriichi killed Joy Boy in Luffy’s body, destroyed the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, and helped the Marines defeat the Revolutionary Army before shaping a new world order. Years later, he rested in a peaceful forest at the ruins of Marie Geoise, surrounded by collected Devil Fruits.

• Tsugikuni Yoriichi struck Joy Boy’s heart, then killed him with a thrust to the temple, leaving Luffy’s body lifeless.
• Chopper and the Straw Hat Pirates mourned Luffy as Tsugikuni Yoriichi burned the pirate ships and left Narcissus Star Island.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi kept the destruction of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet from becoming widely reported, then sent Kuzan and Sakazuki to defeat Dragon’s Revolutionary Army.
• Tsugikuni Yoriichi secretly supported Crow and Mori’s Revolutionary Army faction, using its expansion and Marine intervention to reshape the member nations’ political order.
• Several years later, Tsugikuni Yoriichi rested at Marie Geoise among a cultivated field of powerful Devil Fruits.